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A hated “Spanish-style plaza” blocking off a stretch of seafront to traffic is set to be axed just months after being brought in. The pedestrianised square in Central Parade, Herne Bay, has proved highly controversial since being installed earlier this year. And now its days look numbered as a working group set up amid the backlash says it will recommend to Kent’s transport chief that the scheme be scrapped. No decision has yet been made, but the man who will decide the plaza’s fate – Kent County Council cabinet member for transport Neil Baker – says it is as good as a done deal. “The removal …